New York Central Railroad as it ran through Van Cortlandt Park.
Taken around 1940.

--Nat Friedman

This is a picture of my sister's boyfriend Marco Levy which was
taken on Claremont Parkway in 1949. In the background you can
see the Claremont Bar and the Park Avenue station. The Claremont
Bar and the building above it are no longer there and neither is
the Park Avenue Station. We used to live over the bar on the
third floor and it was so nice to see the fire-escape we used to
sit on during those hot summer nights.

--Marge Colon Kennedy

Pitching pennies in the Ovals on Mt. Eden Avenue, just west of
Weeks Avenue. Pitching is Herbie Kavolsky and watching is Sam
Zalma.

--Bill Fishman

A parade in 1938. Grand Concourse and 168th Street.

--Bill Fishman

This is a photo of the Concourse Plaza Hotel. This hotel in the
Bronx is located on the corner of the Grand Concourse and 161st
Street. The photographer was in front of the Bronx County
Courthouse when the picture was taken. Just four blocks west of
the hotel is Yankee Stadium, home of the world famous New York
Yankees. This picture was taken circa early 1960's.

--David Johnson, Louisville, Kentucky

This picture was taken from the bridge over the New Haven RR
tracks, looking south out over Tremont Avenue at Beach
Avenue.....Candy Store, Ed Silvani's bike shop.....about 1950.

--Jesse Hendelman

This is a picture of me in my carriage in March of 1951. It was
taken on the northwest corner of Mt. Eden Avenue and Walton
Avenue, looking north on Walton. In the background you can see
the Lewis Morris Apartments and the "rocks" where we played
before the Cross-Bronx Expressway came through in 1960 or so.
The buildings on the left are 1605 Walton and then 1615 Walton
where I lived until I was 18 years old.

--Steven Morgan, Burgaw, NC

Someone asked about "The Embassy" in the Bronx. My Mom and my
Dad had their wedding party there. I understand that The Embassy
is no longer there. This picture shows Maretta and Joe Krista in
front of the Embassy in the Bronx on October 12, 1940.

--Geri Kristapiazzi

This photo was taken from our apartment on 1807 Archer Street in
1965. Beach Avenue houses are on the left and Taylor Avenue
houses are on the right. It was relatively quiet except for a
few alley cats at night. The view from our living room faced a
brick wall.

--Pat Dillon

This picture was taken in 1958 on the steps of St. Helena's
Church, at Olmstead and Benedict Avenues on the occasion of my
First Holy Communion. It was actually a posed picture, set up by
the photographer, Paul Thayer, who was a well known New York
City Fire Department buff and photographer. The parking lot in
the background is the lot for what was then the Safeway
Supermarket, which is now a funeral home. It was also used on
Sunday for a parking lot of the numerous church goers. The row
of stores further back are on Unionport Road, and consisted of
Park Abbey Funeral Home, a bar, a fish store, and, on the
corner, a candy store that was somewhat popular and convenient
for lunches and after school snacks by a small crowd from St.
Helena's, and cigarettes for "Father Mac." The big brick
building in the background is on O'Dell Street, which terminated
There, and went down into Parkchester at the other end. To the
right, but out of the picture, at the corner of Westchester
Avenue and Unionport Road, would have been another funeral home,
Walter B. Cooke.